Things No One Tells You About Newborns, You Wish Knew This Earlier

gain it back by the second. Diapercounting can also act as a gauge The schedule those first five days is haphazard but after that youll see five to six wet diapers a day and at least one or two stools
Youll Also Have to Wait for Bath Time
Until your ʙᴀʙʏs ᴜᴍʙɪʟɪᴄᴀʟ ᴄᴏʀᴅ ꜰᴀʟʟs ᴏꜰꜰ its sponge baths only for your baby. If the cord is kept dry it falls off fasterusually within two weeks. If the umbilical cord does get wet pat it dry. And if the stump ʙʟᴇᴇᴅs a little when the cord falls off thats OK too as Alyson Bracken of West Roxbury Massachusetts learned. It sᴄᴀʀᴇᴅ me at first she says but then she found out that mild ʙʟᴇᴇᴅɪɴɢ and even a scab can be normal.
Newborns CʀʏA Lot
Those ᴘɪᴇʀᴄɪɴɢ ᴡᴀɪʟs are how your baby communicates They will let you know theyre hungry cold have a dirty diaper or want to be held. These early conversations can be frustrating but rest assured youll get a better
handle on what your baby needs in time. Laurie May of Boardman Ohio and her husband quickly learned to read their daughters hunger signal. When they were brandnew parents they set an alarm to go off every two hours to wake Carter for a feeding. We did not need the alarm! she says. We love to laugh at that one now.
Cat Naps Are a Very Real Thing
Those first three months are a freeforall. Your baby needs to eat every two to three hours so youre not getting much sleep either. It does get better assures Dr. Altmann. Most infants can sleep for six to eight hours by 3 months of age
In the meantime try to get your baby on a day and night schedule. During the day dont let them snooze more than three
hours without waking them to feed at night let your baby sleep as long as they want once they have regained the weight lost at birth.
The Newborn Stage Is Fleeting
Sᴛʀᴇssᴇᴅ tired and lonely? Yes those early days are hard. But theyll soon be behind you. Barbara Evans of Nᴇᴡ Yᴏʀᴋ City says I wish Id known how quickly the time goes. The mom to Luella 8 months says I didnt take enough pictures or keep notes! Rabeea Baloch of Sᴜɢᴀʀʟᴀɴᴅ Tᴇxᴀs shares some veteranmom
experience With my first I Sᴛʀᴇssᴇᴅ over every single thing from changing diapers to whether the baby was Cʀʏing more than usual. With my second I just enjoyed holding her smelling her kissing her and loving the time together.